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Hungarian War Harbour Pola (Pula, Croatia) in 1916-17: Foundation of the Hygienic Institute Izvorni znanstveni ~lanak Acta Med Hist Adriat 2017; 15(Suppl. 1);67-82 Original scientific paper SANITARY CONDITIONS IN THE AUSTRO- HUNGARIAN WAR HARBOUR POLA (PULA, CROATIA) IN 1916-17: FOUNDATION OF THE HYGIENIC INSTITUTE SANITARNE PRILIKE U AUSTRO-UGARSKOJ RATNOJ LUCI PULA (POLA) TIJEKOM 1916. – 1917.: OSNIVANJE HIGIJENSKOG INSTITUTA Ana Alebić-Juretić* Summary Since 1850 the town of Pola (today Pula, Croatia) underwent big changes and growth due to its transformation into the principal military port of Austrian-Hungarian Empire. Besides the Admiralty that governed the naval actions, the harbor was supported by different organ- izations needed for normal functioning of the harbor. One of this organizations was Naval Technical Committee (Marine Technisches Komitee), founded in 1874 with the purpose of solving the technical and technological issues related to the navy. The outbreak of World War I (WWI) posed new challenges for Europe. Thus, on February 29th 1916, the Hygienic Institute was founded in the harbor area and Dr. Karl Cafasso was appointed as the first director. The purpose of the Institute was to provide scientific and professional aid to the Head of the Medical Corps of the Ports’ Board (Kriegs-Hafenkommando) in the field of ep- idemiology, microbiology, social medicine and hygiene, the main fields of public health even today. By the end of the war, the Institute ceased its activity, and similar was founded only in 1938, under Italian rule and has been developed to the present Institute of Public Health. Key words: World War I; Hygienic Institute; Pula (Pola); sanitary conditions. * Correspondence address: Ana Alebić-Juretić, Teaching Institute of Public Health/Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Krešimirova 52A, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia. E-mail: [email protected]. 67 Introduction Looking for archive documents on I&R naval Academy in Fiume (now Rijeka) from the boxes containing documents from Presidial office of the Navy (Präsidialkanzlei der Marinesektion-PK), i.e. the daily orders released by the Admiralty in Pola (Pula), I found documents about the foundation of the Hygienic Institute, an institution unknown to today’s generations. This paper is entirely written on the basis of these orders for two war years: 1916 and 1917 (PK, 1916, 1917). The small town of Pola (today Pula, Croatia) underwent big changes and growth since 1850, and was transformed in principal military port of Austrian-Hungarian Empire (Fig. 1). Besides the Admiralty that governed the naval actions, the harbor was supported by different organizations need- ed for normal functioning of the harbor. One of these organizations was the Naval Technical Committee (Marine Technisches Komitee), founded in 1874 with the purpose of solving the technical and technological issues related to the navy. The outbreak of World War I (WWI) posed new challenges for Europe. The Red Cross was engaged in establishing new hospitals required to cure wounded soldiers coming from the front. In addition, on February 29th 1916, with the Emperor’s Decree the Hygienic Institute was founded in the harbor area and Dr. Karl Cafasso was appointed as a director. The Figure 1: The port of Pola (Pula) at the beginning of the 20th century 68 purpose of the Institute was to provide scientific and professional aid to the Head of the Medical Corps of the Ports’ Board (Kriegs-Hafenkommando). The tasks of the Institute were: ‒ the application of professional standards in general hygienic issues ‒ undertaking the professional investigation ‒ a control of potable water distribution within the war harbor, in col- laboration with the Office for coastal construction (Marine. Land und Wasserbeamt) The Institute itself was located at the infantry barracks at the Festungsspital 4, while it was administrative bound to the Festunfgsspital 2 (HT, No. 60, 29/02/1916). The question was, what was the Festungsspital? The search for this word in German dictionaries did not help, and even a query sent to Austrian col- leagues involved in history research. Though, there are still available for sale postcards sent from different Festungsspital during the World War I (WWI), including the one located in Pola (Fig. 2). Analyzing the word it- self, it could be translated as Fortress hospital, i.e. hospitals founded dur- ing war times. Having in mind that Pola was surrounded with numerous fortresses (Festungs) built from Venetian to Austro-Hungarian times, one can assume that these locations were used for extended medical and sani- tary needs during wartime. In fact, there existed 16 fortifications in Pola and its surroundings forming 16 fortification areas, from the coast to the island Figure 2: Postcard with the seal of Festungspital 3 located in Pola (Pula) 69 Figure 3: Fortress areas (Festungsrayon) surrounding the war harbor Pola (Pula) during the WWI Brioni and to the inland towards Dignano (today Vodnjan), as given in Fig. 3. If this were true, the war hospital would be located in the area of fortress Punta Christo (Festung II area, Fig. 4), and the newly established Hygienic Institute in the neighboring Monte Casteliere (Festung IV area, Fig. 5). These are only assumptions that need further confirmation. Indications for the above statements are the call of the Regular Sanitary Commission (Ständige Sanitätskommission), published on August 7th 1914, in daily news “Polaer Tagblatt” (1914), with the authority to take over and use some of the land, private or public buildings, in particular fortress’ area (Festungsrayon) for sanitary purposes. The Commission was antecedent to the later founded 70 Figure 4: Fortress Punta Christo located in the II fortress area (Festung II), where war hospital should be located (http://www.istria-culture.com/de/entdecke-s45?g=3) Figure 5: Fortress Castelliere, in which surrounding Hygienic Institute was located (http://ipd-ssi.hr/?page_id=1318) 71 Hygienic Institute with the same tasks: implementing food control, con- trolling prostitution and spreading of infectious diseases, and executing dis- infection where necessary. Infectious diseases control One of the first measures in preventing the spread of infectious diseas- es was destruction of mosquito larvae in standing waters (ponds, drainage channels, septic tanks) in the area of 1000 m from the residence (Ubistazion) using the so-called “petrolization” process (HT, No. 84, 24/03/1916). The pro- cess was mandatory from April 1st, at least once a week, particularly after rainy days for standing waters surfaces – using ¼ l of petroleum for m2 of the water surface. For this purpose could have been used cheaper, non-re- fined petroleum, which could have been possible to obtain in the Arsenal’s storehouse. The Institute’s task was also to fight against malaria. The preventive action should have begun on April 1st, and was supposed to last for the next three months. Every person that suffered from malaria in the last, or in the few ear- lier years should have taken every day (a drink) an acidic solution of quinine (0,4 g). The quinine was delivered in a form of pill from respective sanitary officials and should have been taken in their presence. The necessary quinine pills were ordered by respective naval physicians and were available in the naval pharmacy. In the case of the professional transfer to other location, the patients on preventive therapy should have been provided with enough qui- nine tablets, and respective documentation stated: “Preventive treatment of malaria should be carried until 1916 with number of quinine pills, one per day, to the utmost. The finished and unfinished therapies should be inscribed in the Health record of the Register book.” The order ended with the recom- mendation: “Persons who suffered from malaria last year are highly recom- mended to undertake therapy with quinine for few months.” Port Admiralty released the order (No. 94, 03/04/1916) that people, in- cluding troupes, clerks, and authorities, coming from areas with registered infectious diseases, such as smallpox, cholera, spotted fever, as well as arriv- ing on ships should be in the quarantine. Those arriving by train were di- rected immediately to the quarantine. Since spring 1916, the weekly reports on the spread of infectious diseases in Istria, Fiume (Rijeka) and the parts of Slovenia and Dalmatia were carried on. As a result, areas with registered infectious diseases were forbidden to visit. From these lists it is possible to reconstruct the epidemics of infectious diseases during wartime. 72 The fight against infectious diseases comprised also bacteriological control of kitchen and its personnel starting in summer 1916 (HT, No. 191, 09/07/1916). All cooks and personnel working in kitchens and bakeries in military troops, clerks and ships were called for bacteriological tests on ty- phus, paratyphus and dysentery. For a new employment in kitchen or bakery, prior to the start of a work, was necessary to pass the bacteriological exam- ination of the stools (the same principle is applied today, for employment in the food industry). Samples of stools were taken by physicians, and deliv- ered to the Hygienic Institute. The Institute provided the necessary sample containers. The containers were numbered, and provided with the personal data list (name, profession, rank). In order to avoid overcrowding with sam- ples, it was recommended to announce the action to the Institute. Disinfection of parcels was introduced by the end of 1916 due to the spread of infectious diseases (HT, No. 331, 26/11/1916). Such parcels were signed as “Disinfected”. Only sanitary secure parcels were not necessary to disinfect, but should have been labeled as “Not disinfected, clean”. In the following year of war appeared a shortage of disinfection matter containing fat soap (Fettseife-haltige Desinfektionsmittel), and its use was allowed only in the case when no substitution was available, i.e. for disinfec- tion of body and underwear. In any case, these substances were forbidden for disinfection of furniture, pavements and toilets.
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